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For posting images many folks host with imgur or dropbox. Give that a try and post up some images if you can. Bondo or other surfacing agents will smooth the exterior of the helmet, but they won't add any sort of structural strength to the dome. What make of helmet do you have? RS? Did you glue any sort of abs reinforcing plates into the interior of the helmet? That's what adds strength and keeps the seam area from flexing cracking. Here's some examples of the screen helmets with the reinforced plates along the interior seam. Let us know and we'll help you out!

Huh that's an interesting development. Praetorian was posting about the hold out blaster here a few months ago and most folks seemed to be pretty excited about it.

Urgh. Yeah, that's gonna be tricky. Just eyeballing it from your side photo, I believe you might need to trim more than just that small overlap, so you could consider cutting the 1cm overlap part. Obviously, with a gorgeous set of armor like that, there's a bit of a leap of faith there. Caution is advised. I would absolutely not try any solvents or anything like that -- anything that will dissolve superglue, will also attack the ABS.

So they didn't just glue the elastic covering over the two shoulder bridge ends, they overlapped and glued the plastic parts as well?

Hi Joe, thank you very much for your application. We have some initial notes on your app. However, before we go any further, can you please add measurement verification and detail shots to your post? An excellent example to follow is Nikki's application here: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/20435-tb-69211-requesting-lancer-deployment-approved/ Again, thank you and we're happy to continue the review once you post the additional photos.

Hi Sven, no problem at all. I still think your belt is a bit high, but we can table that for the moment. I think it may be more illustrative from the side. See the attached photo -- I've marked approximately how the armor should ideally sit. You may need to trim a bit off of both front and back shoulder bridges to bring it into that position. Obviously before you cut anything, please make sure everything fits properly. Measure twice, cut one, etc... Feel free to give us a look before you trim, if you like. We're always here and happy to help. Corey

Anytime bro. We aim to please.

Hi Greg, I recommend that you get started with this thread below, started by our DL, Mickey. It has a lot of info and photos about the bund, which should be useful as you work on your own: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/19967-soft-parts-best-practices/&tab=comments#comment-180654 The basics from the CRL -- Closes in back with 50mm (2") hook and loop fastener. Closure is right-over-left. Front of cummerbund has 5 ribs of equal width made of 6 vertical stitch lines, centered between the two fabric pouches. Most of us hang our bund onto the flak vest using velcro. Pouches are attached to the bund, using velcro along the top ob the bund and on the tab portion. I also put a small put of velcro on the bottom on the pouch, to keep them from flopping around. Here's how I did mine -- As for batting, it doesn't need to be super dense, I believe mine was between 1/8" to 1/4" thick. @greenyone recently did his own bund and mentioned in his thread (linked below) that he used three layer of 1/8" batting, adding up to 3/8 of an inch behind the sewn 1" rib lines. The rest of his bund had the single layer of 1/8".  http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/20202-greenys-1st-ever-costume-build-tb/page/6/&tab=comments#comment-186825 Hope that helps! Let us know if you have further questions!

Hi Sven! Overall, I think you look good and you shouldn't have any issues with basic clearance. Some small refinements you might want to consider -- Your chest armor looks good, but the back armor is drooping very low. This is also pulling your shoulder bells back when viewed from the side. You might want to consider trimming the shoulder bridges slightly for a better fit. I would actually bring your belt down a bit, maybe an inch? It seems high. Dropboxes are a bit high, should be about an inch from the bottom belt edge. Also, check where your cod strap connects in the back, in the photos it's slanted to your right side. But yeah, as I said, nothing huge, and certainly nothing that should hold you back from basic clearance. Let us know if you need anything else! Good work and good luck Sven!

Great work on the boxes. I have something similar for mine. Also the slot is perfect for storing your phone

Thank you very much for the comparison photos! These are always very valuable for the detachment if questions come up in the future. Overall some minor differences, but the two are very close. The only major difference seems to be the indents on the back rear side. Thanks again.

Great work dude!

Yeah, agreed with Tim. That is absolutely not screen used. Hard to say who the armor maker is from this angle, but yeah, that's definitely not the screen armor.

I don't believe so, or at least I haven't seen anyone share their experience here with trying to cut the IB scout boots. I do recall someone mentioning that the IB sole material was not so easy to cut with an exacto knife, can't seem to find the thread atm though

No problem. If it helps, I do have most of the patches. The thread I linked earlier should have more of the designs, including those that don't have patches, but if a photo helps your art team, here's what I've got: (Full size is linked)

I assume the WTF helmet comes with adhesive decals? If that's the case, then it's not necessary to do a clearcoat. I would only recommend doing a clearcoat if you're doing an RS build with the waterslide decals. Otherwise, no clearcoat needed :)

Good work Jason. Those look great.

No, it shouldn't go down that far, though it'll be easier to gauge, once you get your belt on. If you look at the CRL image, it should drop to about where the top of the suede patches are.

That looks great! Good work Jenny!

As you've probably already seen, some folks have posted their designs here: http://forum.501stpathfinders.com/index.php?/topic/15363-advance-recon-team-art-discussion/ There's no gallery at the moment, excellent suggestion though.

Hi Jenny. Overall, I think you've done a fantastic job. Those suede patches look dead on. And...as you've discovered, the odd ways that the elastic straps pull at the fabric is one of the more frustrating aspects of the scout coveralls. The rear photos are a bit small, so I can't zoom in much, but I think if you let them out slightly, maybe 1/2" (?), it should alleviate the issue. They don't need to be super tight -- but there's a happy medium between bunching, and just secure enough that they mostly stay in place.

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Aside from the vent slots in the back, I can see some other small differences, but yes, it does look very close!

Hi Sven, your helmet should have no issues passing level 2 (Lancer). It looks great.

As it would make sense, whenever there was a scene with contact or falls, they wore the stunt suit. In addition to the bell lip, the stunt suit also has the compressed/crushed chest armor. You can see a few examples here: Han fights the scout: You can see the lip, or what is at least a rough/poorly cut trim line on the shoulder bell Luke jumps from Leia's speeder and throws the scout off. Bell lip is slightly evident here on the wearer's right shoulder. The scout rams Luke's speeder: Again, bell lip is slightly evident here on the wearer's right shoulder as well. I'm still of the mind that it's a combination of the wonkiness of the stunt suit mold lines + a quick and dirty trim job. Regardless, I welcome and enjoy the continued discussion